Collar button



June 25, 1929. E. J. BERGSTROM COLLAR BUTTON Filed Sept. 2, 1927HWOPA/E/ Patented June 25, 1929.

ERIK JOHAN BER-GSTRbM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COLLAR BUTTON.

Application filed September 2, 1927.

This invention relates to improvements in collar buttons and it hasparticular reference to a device for associating a collar with the rearportion of the neekband of a shirt. One object is to provide a collarbutton that can be readily applied and removed with one hand and thatwhen in place will permit the necktie readily to slide between the foldsof the collar.

A further object is to provide a collar button of very simpleconstruction, durable and efficient in use and cheap to manufacture.IYith the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and in whichFig. 1 is View of the collar button in elevation.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the applica tion of the button to secure acollar to the band of a shirt, said members being shown in section.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts in both views.

The present collar button is of the onepiece flexible type, made of asingle length of wire that is open at the top, the top ends beingpressed together to elfect entry into the button hole in the collar andinto the shirt band when the said ends will spring apart and so securethe button in position thus elfectually securing the collar to the shirtband.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the outer ply, having button hole 3, and2 vthe inner ply of the neckband of a shirt, said plies being partiallyseparated at the rear portion of the neekband to form the usual guardpocket l for a portion of the collar button; the inner fold 5 of thecollar 6 having formed therein the button hole 7.

The improved collar button is formed of Serial No. 217,286.

a single length of wire bent to form the V-shaped body or lower portion8 immediately adjacent which portion is the contracted off-set neckportion 9 which merges into the diametrically opposed oppositely bulgedportions 10, 10, the free ends thereof extending toward each otherexcept the tips 11 which are bent inwardly and away from each other. Itis noticeable that the bulged portions 10, 10 of the button whenmanually pressed together will, due to the shape and resiliency of thematerial, spring back into normal position illustrated in Fig. 1, whenreleased.

In operation the bulged portions 10, 10 of the button are manuallypressed together and passed through the button hole in the collarleaving the depending body portion 8 of the button between the folds ofthe collar. When the collar is applied to the shirt band the bulgedportions are again manually pressed together and passed through thebuttonhole 3 of the shirt band and then released when they will expandagain and so secure the collar to the shirt. The button may be removedby again pressing the portions 10, 10 together and withdrawing themfirst from the shirt band and then from the collar.

\Vhat is claimed is In a collar button formed of a single length ofresilientmaterial, a V-shaped body portion, a contracted neck portionoffset from the upper end of said body portion, and diametricallyopposed oppositely bulged portions merged with said neck portion at one.end, the tip ends of said bulged portions being rcverscly bent andspaced yieldingly one from the other, said bulged portions and bodyportion being in separate and parallel planes cut by the plane of saidneck portion, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature.

ERIK J OHAN BERGSTROM.

